In January 1949, Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang North China "Suppression Chief", made a major decision in the predicament of being surrounded on all sides, he chose to revolt, so that the thousand-year-old capital of Beiping was saved from war. However, this move also means that more than 500,000 ** troops under the "suppression of the general" system in North China will be wiped out. It turned out that under his control, only Suiyuan had not yet been liberated in the three provinces of Hebei, Chahar, and Suiyuan, and the two cities of Pingjin. For Fu Zuoyi, Suiyuan is his basic plate, and there are tens of thousands of descendants under his command. He was very worried about the situation in Suiyuan, so when he went to Xibaipo to negotiate, he specifically mentioned the issue of the People's Liberation Army not using force in Suiyuan for the time being, and asked Fu Zuoyi to persuade Dong Qiwu to do the work slowly.
Our party's liaison office is also actively coordinating the work of all aspects, and finally Dong Qiwu will revolt peacefully at the right time. This practice avoided a lot of bloodshed, Fu Zuoyi was very happy about this, and as soon as he returned to Beiping, he contacted Dong Qiwu and made Suiyuan ready. However, at this time, Suiyuan showed signs of internal turmoil, almost causing chaos because of another general, Sun Lanfeng. Although Fu Zuoyi was nominally the commander-in-chief of the "Suppression Chief" in North China during the War of Liberation, in fact his basic plate was only Suiyuan. Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he has been in control of this province, and most of the soldiers under his command are from Suiyuan, so he has always regarded this place as his retreat.
After the Liaoshen Campaign, Fu Zuoyi redeployed his troops, abandoned relatively small cities such as Chengde and Baoding, and built a "long snake formation" with Zhangjiakou-Beiping-Tianjin as the main axis. In this front, he paid the most attention to Zhangjiakou, which led to Suiyuan, and specially arranged for Sun Lanfeng's 11th Corps to be stationed, and at the same time let the elite 35th Army be ready to maneuver in Beiping and stand by for support at any time. Our side is aware of Fu Zuoyi's thoughts, and we also understand his mentality that local forces like him will not want to surrender if they have soldiers in their hands. Therefore, the primary goal of the Pingjin Campaign was to attack Zhangjiakou and attract the 35th Army to come to support. Despite a few minor mishaps, the mission was completed successfully. Sun Lanfeng's corps was annihilated in Zhangjiakou, and the 35th Army was annihilated in Xin'an.
Once this road was blocked, if Fu Zuoyi wanted to escape, he could only choose to go to Tianjin by water. However, as a representative of the local forces, if he fled to the south and lost his qualifications for negotiations, if he fled to the south, he would become a prisoner of Chiang Kai-shek, and he would lose his qualifications for negotiations. Therefore, Fu Zuoyi fell into deep thought. He hopes to use Beiping and more than 200,000 ** troops to win some bargaining chips. However, his hesitation eventually allowed time to abandon him. Tianjin was quickly captured by Dongye, and the situation of the decisive battle became extremely difficult, and Fu Zuoyi was left with only one way to revolt. Of course, Chiang Kai-shek still hoped to win the possibility of Fu Zuoyi going south, and even sent planes to pick him up.
But Fu Zuoyi had the opportunity to go to the waterway with a small number of cronies, but he didn't take action, so how could he make such a choice?After many repeated negotiations and consultations, Fu Zuoyi finally let go. Immediately afterward, he faced the challenge of solving the Suiyuan problem. Fu Zuoyi also understood that Suiyuan Province alone could not confront the PLA, so he chose to obey ***'s order and sent a telegram to Dong Qiwu to let him cooperate with the PLA. Soon, Dong Qiwu reached an agreement with the PLA: maintain the status quo, demarcate border garrisons, restore the opening of the Pingsui Railway, use the renminbi throughout Suiyuan, and exchange liaisons. On April 1, 1949, Fu Zuoyi reported to the whole country, announcing that "the uprising in Beiping is to obey the will of the people."
This not only laid the foundation for the uprising in Suiyuan, but also caused a huge psychological impact on the officers and soldiers in Suiyuan. In mid-June 1949, the People's Liberation Army sent a liaison officer to Suiyuan, where he was warmly received and arranged by Dong Qiwu. However, this information was learned by the Kuomintang secret service, and many bad things were done behind the scenes. Kuomintang agents secretly co-opted some generals who were unwilling to revolt, including Liu Wanchun, E Yousan and others. In addition, the Nationals** also openly appointed Sun Lanfeng as the commander of the 9th Corps, and announced that Suiyuan's troops would be included under the 9th Corps. This move essentially relieved Dong Qiwu of military power, and hoped that Sun Lanfeng would continue to lead the troops to resist. Sun Lanfeng, like Dong Qiwu, is a veteran who has followed Fu Zuoyi for many years.
However, he is more stubborn than Dong Qiwu and believes that soldiers should not let go easily. Since he was lucky enough to escape back to Suiyuan from Zhangjiakou in the Pingjin Campaign, he has been engaged in a rearmament campaign. Therefore, the Kuomintang agents quickly found him, hoping that he would disrupt the uprising. On July 29, 1949, the Kuomintang ** Xu Yongchang and Wang Shuming flew to Suiyuan and encouraged Sun Lanfeng to lead the troops to withdraw to Gansu. They promised that as long as Sun Lanfeng launched a retreat, the people would immediately grant him the rank of general, which would be enough to suppress Lieutenant General Dong Qiwu. Faced with this situation, Sun Lanfeng fell into deep hesitation. Leaving Suiyuan means losing his roots, and most of the soldiers under his command are locals of Suiyuan, and they are definitely not willing to leave.
In addition, doing so also means being in direct opposition to Dong Qiwu, and the two have worked together for many years and do not want to come to this point. Sun Lanfeng fell into a situation of indecision. So, the spies immediately asked Liu Wanchun and other generals to make a *** piece, hoping to force Sun Lanfeng to submit. After receiving instructions, a company commander under Liu Wanchun's command led dozens of soldiers to stop four representatives from the PLA liaison office in the street. Despite the unscrupulous search, no "incriminating evidence" was found. Subsequently, the squad took the four to a remote location, threw grenades at them and carried out **. Eventually, one of the four representatives of the liaison office was killed and three others were injured. After this tragedy, Dong Qiwu felt deeply guilty in his heart and ordered a serious investigation.
In 1949, with the victory of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Fu Zuoyi found that the situation in Suiyuan was becoming increasingly severe. The instigation and vicious manipulation of the spies have further increased the tension, and the two sides are heavily indebted, and a large-scale conflict may break out at any time. Fu Zuoyi knew this very well, and he clearly realized that the officers and soldiers in Suiyuan were all his old subordinates, and they would face a grim choice. Therefore, after the approval of **, Fu Zuoyi came to Suiyuan in person, and after many in-depth conversations with senior generals Dong Qiwu and others, he focused on convincing Sun Lanfeng, a general with a prominent status. At the beginning, Sun Lanfeng still insisted on confronting the Communist Party, but Fu Zuoyi did not hesitate to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the situation, clearly pointing out that under the current situation, military confrontation is no longer the right way to solve the problem.
He frankly stated that victory could only be achieved through an uprising, and assured Sun Lanfeng that the Communist Party would treat them well. In the end, Fu Zuoyi played the emotional card, and the long-term comrade-in-arms relationship and more than 20 years of deep feelings made Sun Lanfeng finally accept Fu Zuoyi's persuasion. With the active cooperation of Sun Lanfeng and other high-level generals, other army commanders in Suiyuan also signed documents supporting the uprising. Although Sun Lanfeng had selfish intentions, the Communist Party did not care, but appointed him to important positions after the founding of the People's Republic of China, such as vice chairman of the Suiyuan Military and Political Committee, deputy commander of the Suiyuan Military Region, vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Political Consultative Conference, and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, until his death due to illness in 1987, which can be called a happy ending.